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Chapter 17 Quiz

Multiple Choice
Identify the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
 

 1. 
The earliest known use of the term Manifest Destiny was by
a)
John Tyler.
b)
James K. Polk.
c)
Ralph Waldo Emerson.
d)
John L. O'Sullivan.
e)
Mark Twain.
 

 2. 
John Tyler joined the Whig party because he
a)
thought that it was the easiest way to become president.
b)
could not stomach the dictatorial tactics of Andrew Jackson.
c)
was forced to resign from the Senate.
d)
believed in its pro-bank, pro-protective tariff, and pro-internal improvements position.
e)
believed it better represented Virginia's interests.
 

 3. 
The only member of President Tyler's Whig cabinet who did not resign in protest over his policies was
a)
Henry Clay.
b)
Zachary Taylor.
c)
Robert Walker.
d)
Daniel Webster.
e)
Millard Fillmore.
 

 4. 
The British-American dispute over the border of Maine was solved
a)
by the Third War for American Independence.
b)
by a compromise that gave each side some territory.
c)
when America was given all of the territory in question.
d)
by the Caroline incident.
e)
by admitting Maine into the Union and New Brunswick into Canada.
 

 5. 
The Aroostook War was the result of
a)
a short-lived insurrection in British Canada.
b)
the Caroline incident.
c)
the offer of asylum to the crew of the Creole.
d)
a dispute over the northern boundary of Maine.
e)
a fishing dispute between Britain and the United States.
 

 6. 
All of the following were reasons why Britain was intensely interested in an independent Texas except
a)
such a republic would check the southward surge of the American colossus, who posed a threat to nearby British possessions in the New World.
b)
clashes between Texas and America would create a smoke-screen diversion behind which foreign powers could move into the Americas and challenge the Monroe Doctrine.
c)
British merchants believed that an independent Texas could be an important free-trade area, to offset the tariff-walled United States.
d)
Texas could become a location for the settlement of undesirable British emigrants.
e)
the alliance would give abolitionists the opportunity to free slaves in Texas and inflame nearby slaves in the South.
 

 7. 
One argument against annexing Texas to the United States was that the annexation
a)
could involve the country in a series of ruinous wars in America and Europe.
b)
might give more power to the supporters of slavery.
c)
was not supported by the people of Texas.
d)
offered little political or economic value to America.
e)
would lead to tensions and possible war with the British.
 

 8. 
Texas was annexed to the United States as a result of
a)
Senate approval of the Treaty of Annexation.
b)
a joint resolution rather than a treaty.
c)
a presidential order by Andrew Jackson.
d)
the Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo.
e)
a compromise to admit free-state Iowa at the same time.
 

 9. 
Arrange in chronological order the United States' acquisition of (A) Oregon, (B) Texas, and (C) California.
a)
A, B, C
b)
C, B, A
c)
B, A, C
d)
B, C, A
e)
A, C, B
 

 10. 
The area in dispute between the United States and Great Britain in 1845 lay between the
a)
forty-second parallel and the Columbia River.
b)
Cascade Mountains, the Columbia River, and Puget Sound.
c)
36° 30¢ line and the Columbia River.
d)
forty-ninth parallel and the 54° 40¢ line.
e)
Columbia River, the forty-ninth parallel, and the Pacific Ocean.
 

 11. 
In the 1840s, the view that God had ordained the growth of an American nation stretching across North America was called
a)
continentalism.
b)
isolationism.
c)
anglophobia.
d)
Divine Mandate.
e)
Manifest Destiny.
 

 12. 
In the Oregon treaty with Britain in 1846, the northern boundary of the United States was established to the Pacific Ocean along the line of
a)
42°.
b)
52° 40¢.
c)
54° 40¢.
d)
36° 30¢.
e)
49°.
 

 13. 
One reason that the British government decided to compromise on the Oregon Country border was
a)
the support of the Hudson's Bay Company.
b)
their belief that the territory was not worth fighting over.
c)
John Tyler's election to the presidency.
d)
America's acceptance of 54° 40¢.
e)
their better ability to defend British Columbia.
 

 14. 
In his quest for California, President James K. Polk
a)
advocated war with Mexico from the beginning.
b)
argued strongly for annexation, because Americans were the most numerous people in the area.
c)
was motivated by his knowledge of gold deposits there.
d)
sought British help to persuade Mexico to sell the area to the United States.
e)
first advocated buying the area from Mexico.
 

 15. 
Match each American officer below with his theater of command in the Mexican War.

A.Stephen W. Kearny1.northern Mexico
B.Zachary Taylor2.California
C.Winfield Scott3.Santa Fe
D.John C. Frémont4.Mexico City
a)
A-1, B-2, C-3, D-4
b)
A-3, B-1, C-4, D-2
c)
A-3, B-4, C-2, D-1
d)
A-2, B-1, C-3, D-4
e)
A-4, B-1, C-2, D-3
 

 16. 
The terms of the Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo, ending the Mexican War, included
a)
a guarantee of the rights of Mexicans living in New Mexico.
b)
United States annexation of all the territory south of the Rio Grande.
c)
the banning of slavery from all territory ceded to the United States.
d)
a requirement that Mexico pay $3.25 million in damages to the United States.
e)
United States payment of $15 million for the cession of northern Mexico.
 

 17. 
Those people most opposed to President James K. Polk's expansionist program were the
a)
western Democrats.
b)
antislavery forces.
c)
Senate Democrats.
d)
supporters of Nicholas P. Trist.
e)
proslavery Whigs.
 

 18. 
The Wilmot Proviso
a)
symbolized the burning issue of slavery in the territories.
b)
gained House and Senate approval in 1846.
c)
settled, once and for all, the issue of slavery in California.
d)
allowed slavery in the territory taken from Mexico in 1848.
e)
left open the issue of slavery in New Mexico and Utah.
 

 19. 
The Wilmot Proviso, introduced into Congress during the Mexican War, declared that
a)
Mexican territory would not be annexed to the United States.
b)
slavery would be banned from all territories that Mexico ceded to the United States.
c)
the United States should annex all of Mexico.
d)
the United States should have to pay Mexico a financial indemnity for having provoked the war.
e)
slavery in the territories would be determined by popular sovereignty.
 

 20. 
The largest single addition to American territory was
a)
the Louisiana Purchase.
b)
the Mexican Cession.
c)
the Oregon Country.
d)
the Old Northwest.
e)
Alaska.
 

 21. 
The first Old World Europeans to come to California were
a)
Russians.
b)
French.
c)
Dutch.
d)
English.
e)
Spanish.
 



 
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